Mabel Ruth Barton Felkner, 1896-1964

Daily Iowegian - 20 March 1964

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Mrs. Felkner Rites Sunday

  Mrs. Mabel Ruth Felkner of Centerville Route 3 passed away Thursday, March 19, at 5:10 p.m. in the University Hospital in Iowa City, where she had been a patient for 50 days. At the time of her death she was 67 years, 7 months and 17 days of age.

  Born August 2, 1896, in Appanoose County, Iowa, she was the daughter of Joseph and Viola Butler Barton. She was married April 19, 1917, in Albia, Iowa, to Gail W. Felkner who survives.

  She was a member of the Jerome Methodist Church, past president of W.S.C.S., B.P.W. Club, Farm Bureau Women's Club, Republican Women's Club, and the M.O.A.S. Club.

  Surviving are her husband, four children, Robert Dale Felkner of East Moline, Ill., Gail W. Felkner Jr. of Kansas City, Mo., Betty Gene Cary of Centerville, and Richard Lee Felkner of Corydon, Iowa; ten grandchildren, two sisters, Miss Bernice Barton of Ventura, Calif., Mrs. Mary Mickey of Seymour, and two brothers, Harlan Barton of Stering, Colo., and Bill Barton of Chicago, Ill. She was preceded in death by her parents, brother, and a son, Winifred, in infancy.

  Funeral services will be held Sunday, March 22, at 2 p.m. from the Centerville Methodist Church with Rev. George McMullen officiating. Burial will be in the Jerome Cemetery. Friends may call at the Johnson Funeral Home until Sunday noon. 

Betty Jean Felkner Cary, 1926-2005

The Ottumwa Courier - 4 May 2005
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  Betty J. Cary, 78, of Omaha, Neb., died May 1, 2005. The body has been cremated. Private burial will be 10 a.m. Saturday at Jerome Cemetery.

  Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. Friday at Thomas-Lange Funeral Home, Centerville.
  In lieu of flowers, a memorial has been established to Mosaic (provides housing and day services for those with developmental disabilities) and may be left or mailed to the funeral home; PO Box 6; Centerville, Iowa 52544.

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Social Security Death Index

  The SSDI gives her birth date as 3 September 1926, her death date as 1 May 2005, and her last residence as Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska 68137.  Her SSN was issued in Iowa before 1951.